| thermogenesis of three species of arum from crete. | inflorescences of arum lilies have a three-part spadix with a scent-producing, sterile appendix above two bands of fertile male and female florets. the appendix and male florets are thermogenic, but with different temporal patterns. heat-production was measured in arum concinnatum, a. creticum and a. idaeum. the male florets of a. concinnatum showed a 3 d continuous episode of thermogenesis with three waves, and the appendix warmed in a single, 6 h episode. maximum fresh-mass-specific co(2) prod ... | 2009 | 19558404 |